A Milwaukee woman posted a desperate note on Facebook saying she was going to lose her home and goodhearted people donated more than $37,000 to help her.

The area man who set up the GoFundMe page said he really wanted to help the woman who owed the city of Milwaukee roughly $35,000 in back taxes and fees and was facing foreclosure.

After people starting donating cash, Jenny Morgan, 60, told WISN 12 News reporter Terry Sater she changed her mind on what she wanted to use the money for.

Morgan used to call Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood her home. She said she struggled with health issues and had fallen on hard times. That’s when she posted the Facebook message.

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“Money just started flooding in. It was crazy just watching it go up every day,” GoFundMe page sponsor Jason Thornton said.

Thornton responded to Morgan's desperation.

“She was in such dire straits. Why don't we just use GoFundMe? Set something up. This way she can maybe get her house, or keep her house. And if not, at least this would keep her and her dog off the streets,” Thornton said.

In eight days, more than 400 people gave more than $37,000.

Morgan talked to Sater on a donated cellphone Thursday night, saying she decided after getting advice, even if she paid the back taxes and penalties she wouldn't be able to afford repairs and upkeep, so she sold her home to pay the tax man.

As for the money many people gave to save her home, “So many of the comments that I heard and people I talked to, they're not so much interested in saving a house as they are in saving me,” Morgan said.

Morgan said as someone who never thought much of herself, those people have saved her.

“They've not just helped me. They've changed me. I can't look at the world the same way I did a week ago. I can't,” Morgan said.